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THE SPORTING CAR CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE

The largest motor car club in Australia, the Sporting Car Club was founded in Adelaide in 1934, also making it one of the oldest. Our 1600 members, (many of those members for more than 50 years) all love cars and enjoy motorsport. The Sporting Car Club holds motorsport events and competitions and runs the majority of events at Mallala, including the South Australian Motor Racing Championships. We run National, State and Club events at our own Collingrove Hillclimb Track.

We also encourage the preservation and restoration of historic motor vehicles. Our collection of motorsport and motoring information in our magnificent Eric Rainsford Library, is one of the largest in the southern hemisphere. The library offers club members workshop manuals, spare parts lists, current motoring journals and motoring books in addition to videos. Over 7000 volumes available to members and for research, to non-members. All sections of the club organise Club events and social gatherings such as hillclimbs, runs and rallies.

 


Office Opening Hours

The office is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9.00am to 4.00pm. We are located at 51 King William Road, Unley SA 5061.

Our phone number is (08) 8373 4899 and our fax is (08) 8373 4703.

 

We are sad to announce that Kevin Shearer has passed away, following his long battle with cancer.

Kevin, 72, was widely respected for his knowledge of historic competition. He was a strong advocate for CAMS and worked hard to maintain a strong and mutual beneficial relationship between all groups for the benefit of motor sport. His passion for historics saw him compete at race circuits and hillclimbs all over the East Coast of Australia.

From the early 1970s Kevin could be found working as a track official at Collingrove amongst other volunteer work before making his first competitive outing in an historic vehicle in 1973.  He soon became very proficient in competition obtaining class track records at Collingrove, Adelaide International Raceway, Mallala Motorsport Park, Winton Raceway and Amaroo Park. 

Kevin’s love and passion for motor sport did not stop at competition. He had a long involvement with the Sporting Car Club of South Australia as a committee member of the Veteran Section, Vintage Section and Historic Racing Register – culminating with a long term as the Chairman of the latter.  His volunteer roles within the club resulted in being presented with the Histcomp Trophy for services to the club in 1978 and life membership in 2002.

Kevin was also an outstanding CAMS scrutineer and provided these services to many race meetings in South Australia when he wasn’t able to compete, including events such as the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, the Le Mans race and the Clipsal 500 V8 Supercar event.  Kevin was also one of the biggest influences on drift events being so successful in South Australia under CAMS where he took on the inaugural Chief Scrutineer role until his illness in 2007. 

We extend our sincere condolences to Joan and to his family and friends during this sad time.

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